Certification Details
Certs : BLS, ACLS, NIH
Job Details
- RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR.
- Minimum Years of Experience : Must have 2 years of surgical unit experience
- Traveler Experience : Travel experience is preferred by not required
- Locals Accepted / Rate Difference : Yes
- Patient Diagnoses : Wide range of patient diagnoses that have had or plan to have surgery or involved in a trauma : Cellulitis, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticulitis, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Gun Shots, Stabbings, Falls, Various Cancers, Kidney Stones, Bowel Obstruction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Limb Ischemia, Hernia, Gangrene
- Special Procedures / Unit Details : Wide range of any inpatient surgical procedure, as well as trauma : Cholecystectomy, Appendectomy, Hernia Repair, TURP, Ostomy Creation or Closure, Wound Debridement, Tumor Removal, Kidney Stone Removal, Amputations, Fem Pop Bypass
- Special Equipment : Wound Vacs, Chest Tubes, NG tube / Corpak, JP Drains, Hemovac Drains, Penrose Drains
- Unit Systems : Pyxis, EPIC, SBAR
Job Requirements
- Required Skills : Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Management of dysrhythmias, use of Rapid Response Teams, Blood Product Administration, Central line care / management, Peripheral Line Care / Management, Surgical drains, Nasal Cannula, Non-invasive airway management, Isolation Precautions, Wound Care / Wound Vac
- Preferred Skills : titrate cardiac drips, titrate vasoactive drips, Chest tubes-Emerson / Pleur-evac
- Must Pass EKG Testing prior to start for this specialty.
- Combination acuity unit : Adult medical surgical and surgical stepdown.
Schedule Information
- Ratios : 1 : 6 for floor for surgical / medicine inpatient patients.
- Surgical Stepdown patients will be managed by stepdown trained nurse.
- Shift : 12 HR NIGHTS; 36 or 48 hours accepted.
- If 48, then no OT billed until after 48 hours.
- RTO : 7 days MAX
- Float Requirement : when needed to like units
- Weekend Requirement : every other weekend
- Scheduling Type : Schedule as needed as needed
- Unit Orientation : 2 Days of hospital orientation, 24 hours of floor training
- Scrubs : All Navy or Navy on bottom / White Top
- Contract staff will be expected to work a Storm Team and / or Hurricane Team during catastrophic events, mass casualties, or disasters.
- Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed
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